DOVER — The potential closure of Henry Law Avenue as part of future changes to traffic flow in the downtown area is no longer an option as part of any proposal.

While no other details are “set in stone,” City Planning Director Chris Parker said that particular detail is.

A meeting last week with business leaders and representatives from the consulting firm The Cecil Group, based in Boston, generated more ideas and feedback as to how to address problem traffic areas for motorists and pedestrians and at the same time promote economic growth. There was a second meeting that same evening with small groups brainstorming and discussing ways of bettering the downtown area when it comes to traffic.

“We had a good introductory discussion with everyone together then, split into two groups,” Parker said. The group he was in supported the idea of a roundabout at Chestnut and Third streets and also at Main Street and Portland Ave. He said the group was split on the idea of Central Avenue becoming a two-way route, unsure of how it would fit in with the upper square.

“The thing we stressed at the night meeting is that nothing is set in stone and that we have to start somewhere with ideas,” Parker said. There are three alternative concepts recently presented by The Cecil Group.

Parker said choosing which aspects from each design are desirable is similar to selecting items from a menu.

The main idea being considered is making the current one-way portion of Central Avenue through the downtown corridor a two-way street.

Whether that happens or not, Mayor Karen Weston said improvements to three main intersections — Washington Street and Central Avenue, Silver Street and Central Avenue, and the intersection near Wentworth-Douglass Hospital — are key to any sort of change that’s made.

“I would say overall that it’s either going to stay as it is and improve the intersections, or if you go to two ways you have to improve the intersections,” Weston said. “The intersections are just key.”

Another concern on the minds of some local business owners, including herself Weston said, is the size of loading zones should a two-way traffic pattern be implemented.

“If you’re gong to make it two-way you have to increase the size of the loading zones,” she said, noting that access for businesses downtown is essential to spur economic growth as well. “You have to allow for swings into the loading zone and then room to swing out.”

Parker said he felt it was an issue that could be easily worked out.

An alternative idea generated at these meetings was to have Central Avenue remain one-way but have a reverse lane to go north.

Weston said this was something she would absolutely oppose.

“You’re taking the same problem and just reversing it,” she said.

As for the left-hand lane that leads drivers from Central Avenue across Washington Street to Henry Law Avenue, Parker said there is consideration of switching that southbound lane into a northbound one to make Central Avenue two-way. He said its traffic volume compared to the right-hand lane continuing down Central Avenue is much less.

Consideration is also being made to make Chestnut Street more pedestrian-friendly and Parker said feedback he’s heard over the last few days is to do the same for Central Avenue and Main Street.

Meetings to discuss concerns and ideas with The Cecil Group is something Weston said is a wonderful opportunity.

“These folks can do their studies but a lot of this has to do with the history and the people who are downtown who experience it,” she said.

A survey regarding the traffic study closes Friday, Parker said, and at that point, the information gathered from it will be taken into consideration moving forward.

As for the overall process and especially the recent meetings, he said, “People were actively engaged, which is exactly what our goal was.”